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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

The great fire on Henderson and Eighth
streets that destroyed the stables of the
United States Express Company last Sun
day morning, brought from this Office the
first extra edition the SUNDAY MORNING
News has seen in the four or five years of
its existence. The people know that any
matter about which the SUNDAY MORNING
News runs an extra must be matter of
much public interest, and the copies of the
edition went off faster than we could print
them on our double cylinder press. The
sunday MORNING NEWS has no penchant
for running out swindling extras on the
public, and every man who bought the extra
IF last Sunday knew that he was not being
Io,led with an inconsequential story. Some
of the purchasers, the boys tellus, paid five
cents for paper. No one paid less than
three, though the price of the paper is, as
everybody knows, two cents. Those who
purchased had practically at their disposal
on Sunday morning all the essential
facts in relation to the fire that were given
in the New York papers of Monday morn
ing and in the journal of Monday evening
-twenty-four and thirty-six hours later.
The blaze had scarcely lighted the north
ern skies before three of the SUNDAY
MORNING News reporters were at the scene
gathering up the details as speedily as they
could be learned. Less than half an hour
later the story was In the hands of the
printers, and it appeared in all but about
1900 sheets of the regular edition of the
paper It pleases us to know that the
community Knows good newspaper work,
and the compliments we have received for
our enterprise have been fattering to our
pride.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29
GIVE GOSSIP.

The court constables propose to give grand en-
tertainment at an early date. at Scheutzen Park,
and have effected an organization with Frederick
Mersheimer as President, VIM. Wise, Secretary
and Godfrey Dillawav. Treasurer. Constables Dill
iaway, Carroll and Wise were appointed q commit
tee to make the necessary arrangements.
The Dolphin Fishing Club, of the Heights. MAIDS
an excursion to tae Fishing Banks last Thursday
Among those in the party were Director Steger
Commodore Faskert Captain Ed Wrede NJ r.
Winter ex Commissioner Meyer Sergeant Van
beuren, Jake Kehrwald, Jake Mailman, Charles
Henkel. Counselor Grace. Gus Eigenrauch, Hugo
Kroebel. Richard Cooper, Fred Sena, Of Hoboken,
and A. z. Webb.
The annual reunion Of the Young Mems Demo-
cratic Club will be held at Caledonlan Park on
July 20. The following gentlemen will have
charge OF the arrangements: f. Nissan, Myron j.
Eurst +. T Mclaughlin James H. o Neil Myles
mcCarron, j. N Bruins, W. J. McAlvanah, James
X Brown. A. B. Poland, b. Westervelt and j. r.
Hogan. The proceeds will he devoted to the erec
ton Of monument to General Mcclellan.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29


1t is the hope of the S1kDAY MORNING
NEWS that the exigencies of the day do not
demand the agitation the Early Closing ad-
voeates are making ready to sustain the
movement, because we hope that the move
ment is in no peril. It has been tried,
thoroughly tried, and found to be in every
sense the wise and proper thing for all
hands. 1t gives the clerks rest; and the
merchants, who need rest as much as
their employees, find it boon. 1t moves
the house wife to early purchases and so
helps to bring her cares and labors of the
day to an earlier close, leaving her more
time for recreation and enjoyment. It, in
short, benefits everybody. The day is long
enough, even with the early closing rule in
force, to afford everybody opportunity to
do all that he or she should do in the line
of work, and whatever tends to shorten it
should be encouraged and upheld. We do
not believe that any class in the community
will consent to the wiping out of the eight
o'clock closing rule. Let the movement
rather be in the other direction of even an
earlier closing hour.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

properly. We have heard some people say
that ''ne'er word" was uttered. That is
perfectly proper. and it was that express
sion probably which the reporter heard
and tried, ignorantly, to reproduce when
he wrote 'snary word"
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

It is, of course, preposterous to criticise
the English of the Journal, for it is as far
from being perfect in literary point of
view, as it is from being perfect in jour
nalistic point of view; but we cannot re-
train from Gliding it for permitting one of
its reporters to write, as he did in connec-
ton with the water discussion the other
night, that s'Nary word was said. There's
no such word in the dictionary as Mary
ror is it idiom. The reporter lad heard
an expression and did net diagnose it
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

1t is noticeable fact that the very night
after the Journal began to urge the pro-
gress of work in the new County Boulevard
some one went up to Judge Knapp and ap-
piled for certiorari, stopping work on it
for long time at least. There is not the
smallest doubt that one of the things need
ed in this County to build it up is an at
tractive drive. 1t is true too that if some
one did not make something out of great
public improvements they would never be
inaugurated or carried through. Tweed
did more to beautify New York than any
honest man. Washington bloomed into
beauty under Shepherds regime, and the
old Bergen Ring made the Bergen section
of this city the most beautiful part of it.
But the beginning of so great an improve
ment as this County Boulevard, under the
auspices of such an engineer as this Nc
Gauran, is too palapable a confession of
the fact that its construction is a big job
and nothing else, and that it won't amount
to anything after it shall have been An
lshed! It should be begun under respect
able auspices, and carried forward with as
little waste as the prosecution of an UNDER
taking of its proportions will permit. We
hope that the Courts will hang up the big
scheme till it can be started under more
favorable conditions.
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SOCIETIES AND LODGES.

The grand annual excursion of Court Bergen, A.
o. f. will be on Tuesday, June 14th to Idlewild
Grove. Steamer and barges will leave Morris
street dock at a.. Prof. Stone will furnish the
music.
The members Of Superior Council No. 337. L.
of NJ, are earnestly requested to attend the next
meeting, to be held Wednesday. June LIST. as bust
ness of Importance to every member will then be
finally considered.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

EADERS OF THE "SUNDAY TAT
her." AS 1T WAS FIRST NAMED,
WILL REMEMBER THAT THE
CHANGED NAME OF THE PAPER is
TIE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS"
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

The Newark Daily Advertiser shows how
little it knows of local affairs here when
it says, as it did the other night, that .sMr.
Hardenbergh has been the back bone of
the city's financial condition in the past"
Mr.. Hardenbergh has done his share in
bringing the city through financial crises
that at one time threatened her with bank
ruptcy; but he did not stand alone in that
struggle by any means. No one contrib
uted more largely or more effectively to the
success of the movement that delivered her
out of her troubles than Finance Com
missioners Datz and Jordan, and ex- Finance
Commissioner Allan L. McDermott. A
large part of the praise belongs to these
gentlemen, and we do not believe that Mr..
Hardenbergh would back the Advertiser up
in any statement that would rob them of
the credit
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

Next Wednesday morning will bring
with it the first execution that has marked
the County for some years. The last PER
son hanged here was Kankowski, the vii
lain of the Nina Muller tragedy in the
North Hu son woods. Mechella, who pre-
coded him to the gallows, was the first man
hanged in the county after the editor of
this paper began active work on the New
Jersey newspapers. There have been only
three or four executions here altogether
since the county was set off from Bergen
County. This is not due to the fact that
others have not deserved it. If more of
the brutes who have stained their hands
with the blood of their fellowmen here had
gone to the gallows, it is not impossible
that George Disque's wife might have been
living yet.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

Hers, politics is pollution and the dwiukinu
water IS polluted Put your heel ON rhe politics.
hitter your water then boil 1t and cool it with Ice
To do this you will have to buy your choice Of
nters, refrigerators and water coolers at Wood <
Menagh's, l5o Newark and 40 Payonia avenues.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

The styles of neckwear introduced by Baron. this
season, are superior TO all others that the tide
OF custom runs to Newark avenue.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29

Among the items which incautiously
crept into last SUNDAY MORNINGS News
was one declaring that Mrs. Governor
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-29
Branch Offices.
SUNDAY. MAY 20, 1887.

The changes President Thurston has
made in the new time schedule for the
operation of the Jersey City and Bergen
Railroad reflect as much credit upon his
humanity as upon his shrewdness. The
disarrangement of the road time table
was 1e,essitated by the passage of Moo
mans act, compelling the companies to
make a day of twelve consecutive hours
work for their employees. To most cor
poration managers the law seemed like an
impudent attempt on the part of their
employees to run the companies business;
and President Thurston could not have
been blamed, if, in rearranging the time
time table, he had made the assignments
of the employees SO onerous and unproft-
able as to have made them cry out that
the law, which had been designed to bless
them, had proven to be curse. One Of
the ways of killing an obnoxious piece of
legislation is toe make it as onerous to its
bene6ciaries as possible; and Mr.. Thurs
ton might have easily done this with this
particular piece of legislation. He did not
see fit to do it. His good nature and hon.
est regard for the happiness of his servants
would not permit him to do it. He did not
believe that any of his men had been di-
rectly or indirectly responsible for the
passage of the act; and he was not the
man to punish them for another mans
want of wisdom. 1t was unavoidable
that. in the REIMBURSEMENT, some ones
hours of labor would be shortened, and
his pay proportional reduced, but he
strove to confne the ills of the situation
to as small compass as possible. After
adj, when the new time schedule went into
operation some of his men were dis
satisfied. There were too many s'trippers"
whose earnings were small and too few
men to whom steady work and adequate
pay could be given. Nine men out of ten
would have resolved to let the men protest
till the obnoxious act had been repealed:
but Mr.. Thurston heard their grievances
and began anew the study of his time
schedule with the view of redressing
them. The result is that more cars are
put on. Smaller intervals between trips
are provided. A larger force of men is
given steady employment and full days
pay. This costs the company something,
and not many companies would make the
sacrifices under the circum stances. Bat
we trust that Mr.. Thurston's large-hearted
iberality will be rewarded for increased
facilities by increased receipts, and that
the earnings under the new schedule will
go some distance towards reimbursing
tbs company for its outlay.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-03-17
THE SUMMONS ANSWERED.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Dies in
Brooklyn.
The Worid's Greatest Preacher Passes
Qsietiy Away whiic Aslcep-Ths Last
Sccne-SkeSch of liis Career.

NEW YoRK, Nurch s.-Henry Ward Beecher
died at s:N o. m. The patient began to sink
slowly after midnight, and the watchers ut his
bedside soon saw that tho end was near. Mr..
Beccher passed quietly uway while asleep. He
never recovered consciousness after paralysis
stupefied his mind.
1t fs. Of course, too early yet 70 announce any.
thing dofnits about tho funeral, but the inter
ment will probably be In Greenwood. Mr..
Beechcr never bought lot there. but his
children and some Of his grandchildren lie
on Evergreen Hill on the plot Of Mrs.
John T. Howard Mr.. Beecher's twin
babies died on the same day, when tho after
wards famous preacher wos young AID poor and
comparatively unknown. He was living ut the
time In Mr.. Towards house, and was given
space on Evergreen ELL. 1t is possible that
Plymouth Church or the citizens OF Brooklyn ut
large will buy . plot and erect . handsome
monument.
Those present Of the last moment were: Col.
onel H. b. Beecher, his wife, his daughters,
Hattie and Daisy. and son, Henry Ward
0ecchcr, Miss Edith Beecher, W. c. Beechel
and wife, Rev. Samuel scoville. Mrs. 8. SEQ.
vile, daughter Of Rev Henry Ward Bcccher,
Miss Scoviilc, Who has just come home from
the Pacific siopc. Miss Bullard, the Rev. g. B.
Halliday and vito, Bella, the Scotch nurse, who
has been with the family many years and was
the special favortte Of the deceased preacher
tho rnulc nurse. Riordan, 8. v. White, E. A.
Seccomb, one OF the trustees Of Plymouth
Church, und Nnjor J. b. Pond.
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Tho Swiss Referendum.

Thore Is no country on earth which
tries so many experiments in govern
ing as does Switzerland. 1t is. indeed,
n model republic in many respects.
Its people are divided in religion and
in language. Some of the cantons ara
intensely Roman Catholic, others are
rs devotedly Protestant. Then, Ger
man is the tongue Of one portion Of tho
country, Italian of another, whilo
French is the language in the region
near Geneva. But. somehow, though
party spirit often runs high. the Gov
ernmental machine runs with tolerable
smOothness. No country on earth is SO
democratic. All important laws. be-
fore they 60 into force, have to get the
direct Endorsement Of the voters. The
verdict at the polls is called the 'refer-
endum." Hence the elections in Switz-
erland are educating. Tho people dis
cuss cvery proposition for new enact
msnt. The politician. the candidate
Tor Office. IL OF small moment in that
republic; for the people debate upon,
and then make, their own laws.-Den,-
oresrs Moathly.
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IT LOOKS THAT WAY.
How Lottie Smith Really Saw Twenty
ElYew beautiful Kittana.

How Lottie Smith Really Saw Twenty
Five" Beautiful Kittens.
Lottic Smith lives in the country. She
had been an errand at . neighbor's.
and she sat down her basket on the
floor as she came into the kitchen.
where her mother was frying dough-
nuts.
swell. daughter, are you tiredp" said
her mother.
'Yes, am pretty tired, said Lottie.
But sc added. smiling, "While was
gone, mamma, saw twenty-five Of the
pettiest kittens you ever saw"
'.Lottie SMITH" exclaimed her
mother, reprovingly.
"Really, mamma" said Lottie; ''and
1 wish You could see them, they are SO
pretty and cunning"
twenty-five kittens are great
many. little daughter" said her
mother. gravely. ''Where did you see
themp"
"Over at Mrs. Dunton's, where I
went to buy the eggs; and now, man.
ma, IN tell you all about it. After
Mrs. Dunton had put the eggs in my
basket, she said:
"-Come out this way minute. I
want to show you something
$50 she took me into the wood-shed.
| and there, in an old cheese-box, were
five lovely little kittens. After had
seen them long enough. I started for
home. and Willie met me just BY the
we'll. and said:
"'Oh, Lottie! come back just min
ute. want to show you something
$50 he took me in Mt the back-shed
door, and showed me five cunning little
kittens in cheese box.
''In few minute Mrs. Dunton CALL
ed Willie, and I started for home
again. And Grandpa Dunton met me
just by the side steps. He said:
"'Why, here's Lottie Smith. just
come back! Child, / want you to see
something we have in the she'd
$50 went back, and he showed me
five kittens, all in little heap in .
cheese-boN.
"Then started for home again. and
got as far as the gate, when Joe met
me and said: ...-..
"'Hello. Lottie Smith! you are just
the girl want to see. Iwsnt to show
you something. Come back to the house
Il minute
$50 went back with him. and no
showed ME five fat little kittens in .
cheese-box. p
.After hooked at them, said good
by to Joe and started to come home by
the back way. And Grandma Dunton
met me going down the garden-walk.
She kissed me. and said:
"'How bright you look. my dear! I
want you to see something at the house.
Just come back a minute,'
$50 she took me back and showed
me five sleepy little kittens in cheese
box. .Nr
"And now, mamma" said Lottie.
smiling triumphantly, didn't l see
twenty-five little kittense"
Hev mammals eyes twinkled, and she
said:
ut looks a good deal as If you did. "
E. l.. Broom, in Golden RvLe.
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ALASKAN BEARS.

How rhcy Obtain Their Food Supplies In
Spring and Summer.
The bears around Icy Bay live off Of
berries and roots, supplemented on the
meat side of the diet with an OCCASION
nj seal that they find ''hauled up" ON
the sandy beach. summing himself and
whose retreat they strstegically cut by
we'll arranged plan of bear tactics.
The river emptying into the Icy Bay
(the whole western shore Of which is
the frowning front of an immense
glacier), debauching rs they do from
the ice, contain but few fish. and this
deprives the bears of this region of one
of their main and steadfast supplies.
during the spring and summer seasons.
in all other parts of Alaska. The bears.
black and brown, then seek the rivers
and streams, up which the luscious
fish ascend to spawn, and readily
gain living without the trouble OF
much effort. Their great protection at
this season of the year is found in tho
poor and even tainted quality of their
meat, owing to the fact that they are
not overly delicate in choosing be-
tween fresh fish just caught from the
stream and those that have died ON
their way up the creeks and rivers, and
have been thrown out on tho bank for
number of days. until they take up
that odor SO peculiar to decaying fish.
The huge brown bear Is less active
animal, and consequently poorer
fisherman than his smsiios bsasssr of'
the black species. He 10 therefore moro
content to live ON the fish he finds 10
conveniently strewn along the shores
Of the stream, that he prospects. and
this accounts TO great extent for The
greater offensiveness Of his meat. whom
ever hunter IL lucky enough In sseus.
ing him.-Liesss~sss Sokssatha. =
Ansrican EtsA
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TYPHOID malarial fever prevails to an
alarming extent at Marseilles, wyandot
County, and tho people are greatly ex-
cited. There are over fifty cases OF tho
fever, . large number of which will result
fatally. Several deaths have already oc-
CURED. Doctors have been summoned
from neighboring towns to attend the sick.
CHARLEs CAxLRR, of Buchtel, while walk.
ing ON the railroad the other day, carrying
. shotgun, accidentally fell, striking the
gun against rail. causing its discharge.
The contents passed through his leR,
which will necessitate its amputatiou.
AoTHER WAND, aged ono hundred and
's'1 years was buried 81 Dayton, on tho
11th. t.rt -. a ~ ~ -
TIE remains Of an infant, badly eaten
Dy crows or muskrsts, were found on
Rattlesnake Creek near Nilledgeville
The child 10 thought to have been an illegi.
innate one, and drowned by its unknown
mother, La ~.
AN election on the water.works cues.
tion was held in Marion, q few days ago,
resulting in ten-to-onc majority foi
~ater-works. Work will begin immsd,.
stely. u ..l.r.
A scoxH Of oil wells have just beeu borso
N Auglsiss County, yielding rem srksbiy
Large quantity OF the fiuid.
eAA JoSss 10 expected 70 hold . series OF
aesttAgs Of ". Paul's \. =. Chureh. On,
slansh. ~ nsatA. ~
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ARMY oESERTERs.

Reasons for the Extensive Perosntaas sf
Desertloa from Oar Army.
Small as our army is, there Is most
excessive percentage Of desertion from
it, and this although the men are far
better fed and paid than any soldiers in
the world. Tho reasons for this state
Of affairs can bc readily found. A
great number of men enlist for the p,ir.
pose of being sent West, and then de-
serting. This class is very large and
exceeding hard to deal with, rs it is
next to impossible to apprchend them,
owing to the general feeling through
out the mountain regions that they
have escaped from kind Of slavery.
Another class liable to desert consists
of young men Of good family who have
become dissipated. and enlisted in a
moment Of despair. But the strangeSt
class is that of the chronic descrters.
These men enlist, desert, and then en-
list again. The recruiting office is one
of the best places in which to apprehcnd
deserters. Not infrequently men give
themselves up, preferring to serve their
sentence in tho military prison and
live IN peace. heard such man say
that after he had deserted, he could not
see three men talking together without
suspccting that they were about to give
him up to the Government and secure
the thirty dollars reward. One of the
most amusing incidents Of my life was
when man came to my Office, an.
nounced himself us descrter, and wish.
ed to be semitic prison. told hin, that
the boat for the Island was just ON the
point of leaving. and that If we could
catch it the commanding officer would
probably be good enough to place hin,
in confinement. He waited to hear no
more. but rushed down the hill at full
speed and by great cxcrtions succeeded
in getting on board the boat which was
to carry him to prison. The cause Of
this strange performance was q desire
to secure medical attendance free
of charge. Tho hardest cases are those
where men surrender themselves in
order to escape intolerable blackmail
by somo one who has become possess
cd of his secret and constantly threat
ems exposure unless he is well paid for
silcnee.-CdptaiH James, IN 81. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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longed to return the oil; but this he
could not do without being found ont.
He thought 1t would be Just a. we'll to
put its value into the contribution box
rs soon as he could earn It. He
half resolved to tell his mother all, bus
something held him back. He decided
to confess to her when he AAl s0M 5of
the oil.
After such miserable night and the
pleadings of conscience, one might sup
pose that Johnnie would never have
been tempted again. His intentions
were good; but Nick's influence was
bad; having taken the first step in
wrong-doing, the second sad third
were easier.
The boys filled their cans again and
again, but one day they filed them for
the last time, for as they knelt before
the great barrel. heavy hand was laid
upon them aud they were both in dis
grace.
That night Nick disappeared and was
never seen again; but Johnnie had to
come before the Parish Committee.
The church people heard the story, and
it was on the lips Of all the school
children. Johnnie felt the disgrace
keenly, and to be called "oily" at
school seemed more than he could bear.
Not long after Johnnie's parents re-
moved to another place, but johnnie
learned lesson he never forgot. II
he had obeyed his mcther's command
on that Saturday afternoon. he would
not have been tempted to sin. and the
South Church would never have had a
leak in its oil.-E. Laurence Barnard,
s,a NJ Y Obserrpr